The First Doctor as played by William Hartnell
Update June 2016: This is no longer available with the changes at Kasterous. Somewhat late in the day, but you might want to nip over to Kasterborous and download twelve free PDF files of their graphic novel adaptation of The Dalek Masterplan. There is also meant to be a physical copy available to purchase (now unavailable). Adapted by Rick…
There’s an interesting piece on Doctor Who News about the first ever Radio Times cover for Doctor Who (from the much missed Marco Polo). The article is worth a look and also links back to an exhibition from 2013 that I meant to go to (I’ll have to fire up the Type 40). That aside I can’t…
Just a plug for a feature (not mine) written by JR Southall. The piece is somewhat lengthy but worth a read. JR makes the case for calming down and getting some perspective. He is very cautiously optimistic of something at sometime rather than cautiously very optimistic. Why not have a read? -!- Message Ends -!-
As we all know Doctor Who started in 1963 with an episode titled An Unearthly Child. This name replaced the original title for the first story (10,000 BC) and it tends to be this opening episode that gets attention rather than the subsequent three-part story. At some point every Doctor Who blog has to discuss the show’s…
As I mentioned when I talked about DWM #468 there must be something to say about The Time of the Doctor signalling 800 transmitted episodes of Doctor Who. This is that very article. And yes, if you click out the image on the left there are 800 copies of the TARDIS; and yes, it would have…
So, that’s it, we are now living in the years after the 50th anniversary which I like to think of as AD or after Day of the Doctor. We had surprises, Daleks, Zygons, Doctors and all sorts including the end of the Time War and the fate of Gallifrey decided. I loved it and thought it…
If you want a full review of Mark Gatiss’s An Adventure in Space and Time then try something like JR Southall’s detailed piece which you can find here - TV Review: AN ADVENTURE IN SPACE AND TIME. As for me, I enjoyed it as a piece of drama which naturally had to cut some corners in order to…
